Posted on 04/24/2007 9:11:12 PM PDT by Muentzer2005
Siegfried Hustedt is often overcome with dread when he is forced to use other people's toilets. The toilet paper he encounters in those bathrooms is almost inevitably colored or white, fluted or spotted. But for all the paper's pleasing appearance, appearance is all it is -- when used, the chintzy material often gets lumpy and decomposes into an unsavory pile of cellulose as "the embossment structure collapses under pressure." Even more dramatic is the excoriated red sore caused by overly rough foliage. Hustedt, 40, can't help but ask himself why so "many people choose to suffer to the last roll."
It would be safe to call Hustedt a toilet paper connoisseur. The experimental physicist works for Procter & Gamble's research center in Schwalbach, Germany, near Frankfurt, where together with his fellow researchers, he is developing the toilet paper of the future. His latest creation is a toilet paper that is soft, removes a good deal and promises sparing use -- factors that have captivated the competition while also satisfying the wishes of consumers ...
The more plies, the better, most German consumers seem to think. Market researchers have sounded out the most hidden nooks of consumer interest and brought to light the last secrets of anal hygiene -- including the clandestinely cultivated habit of Germans to make additional folds to their already multilayered toilet paper. Most Americans, by comparison, prefer a method largely unknown in Germany -- they scrunch up their relatively thin paper into an easy-to-handle ball.
(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...
Too much information.
Hey, we managed for a long time without it.
Dang...ya beat me to it.
He’s just trying to impress Sheryl Crow.
European toilet paper is generally far below American standards. Russian, while different in texture and appearance, was surprisingly good.
He and Sheryl Crow have a dream.
I like Sheryl Crows demand that everyone only use one one piece of toilet paper, meaning one square. I mean how about that, an a-wipe haraunging the masses about a-wipes. How ironic.
"Despite what I said on The View earlier this week, and in order to live a more environmentally conscious lifestyle, I have decided to take Cheryl Crow up on her 'toilet paper challenge' and use one square. I do this because I have been alerted to a brand most suited to my needs. I would like to thank the makers of Bounty for bringing their product to my attention."
BTW did you know that Crap may be used in polite society?
Thank you Queen Victoria for knighting Sir Thomas Crapper!
use a water sprayer set up next to the bowl and then you need NO TOILET PAPER at all.....or just a tiny bit to dry up with.
In (grudging) fairness to Sheryl Crow, that comment was taken out of context by the MSM. If you read the full comment, it was obviously a remark meant to be humorous.
>> The ‘easy-to-handle ball’ ...
Nothing like scientific research on bathroom ball handling. I think most adults throughout the world have a firm grip on this exercise.
I can’t imagine this guys problem. I use Scott’s. Safe for septic tanks and works pefectly.
TMI but Russian toilet paper is like sandpaper or cardboard .... don’t ask me how I know.
Sure - let’s go back to the thrilling days of yesteryear: a pile of corncobs by the old outhouse. The Crowbait can go first.
Well, when people are less full of it, they will obviously crap less, thereby decreasing the need for toilet paper.
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